Lecturer

Email: con.kennedy@tudublin.ie

Tel: +353 1 220 5889

Dr Con Kennedy is a Communication Designer from Dublin, Ireland. Before forming his studio in 2008, he worked at a senior level in several of Ireland's leading creative agencies. Dr Kennedy now lectures in Visual Communication Design and Design Entrepreneurship at TU Dublin School of Art and Design.

His design work has been featured in Creative Review (UK), Graphic Design (USA), Page Magazine (Germany), Logo Lounge Design Trends, Logo Lounge Master Library Volume 3 and Logolicious, and he has contributed to the book Work for Money, Design For Love.

Dr Kennedy delivers several graphic design, design theory and design entrepreneurship modules on the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Design - Visual Communication, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Interior Design, Bachelor of Arts in Visual Merchandising & Display, and the Master of Arts in Graphic Design Practice programmes. Dr Kennedy also supervises undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.

Dr Kennedy's research contributions are significant. He has delivered research papers at several international design conferences and been published in peer-reviewed journals; he was a co-researcher for the Irish Government's Policy Framework for Design In Enterprise in Ireland and was a consultant for the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs' Winning by Design report.

Dr Kennedy's professional affiliations are extensive, reflecting his deep involvement in the design community and his recognition by his peers. He is a former council member of the Institute of Designers in Ireland, and in 2015, he was made a Fellow of the Institute. Dr Kennedy is Co-Founder and Design Editor of Iterations - Design Research and Practice Review journal; he holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from TU Dublin's School of Marketing and Entrepreneurship for his research on entrepreneurship processes for design enterprises and is currently a member of the university's Academic Council.

See https://www.conkennedy.com/

Research profile: https://researchprofiles.tudublin.ie/en/persons/dr-con-kennedy